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Talking to the enemy: stories
Par Avner Mandelman. 2005
Nine stories about the Israeli experience. In "Terror" a father beats the son who fails to stand up for his…
five-year-old brother, thus instilling the precept that, right or wrong, family comes first, even before justice or fear. Strong language and some violence. Sophie Brody Medal. 2005The Hindi-Bindi Club: A Novel
Par Monica Pradhan. 2007
Three first-generation American women struggle to reconcile traditional Indian ways with Western life. As divorced doctor Kiran considers an arranged…
marriage, artist Rani loses her passion, and married Preity confronts past heartache, they draw upon the strength and wisdom of their mothers, affectionately dubbed the Hindi-Bindi Club. Includes recipes. 2007The last cattle drive: a novel
Par Robert Day. 2007
Mid-twentieth century. To avoid trucking charges, cattleman Spangler Tukle attempts to drive 250 steers over highways, parking lots, and cloverleafs…
to the Kansas City stockyards. Aiding him are his wife Opal, aging ranch hand Jed, schoolteacher Leo, and Leo's persistent girlfriend Heather. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1977Light a penny candle
Par Maeve Binchy. 1983
From the time in 1940 when shy, ten-year-old Elizabeth White is evacuated from wartime London and plunged into a large…
and contentious family in the Irish village of Kilgarret, she and Aisling O'Connor are destined to be the best of friends. This novel follows their lives together and apart over the decades. 1983Coal black horse: A Novel
Par Robert Olmstead. 2007
1863. Fourteen-year-old Robey Childs is sent by his clairvoyant mother to find his father, who is fighting in the Civil…
War. Robey, riding a stallion, encounters refugees, runaway slaves, deserters, and battle scavengers. At Gettysburg Robey finds his dying father and rescues an abused girl. Violence and strong language. 2007The madonnas of Leningrad: A Novel
Par Debra Dean. 2006
Decades after surviving World War II in the basement of the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad, Marina--now in Seattle--no longer experiences…
the present. Marina's mind retreats to 1941, when only the love of her future husband and memorizing the paintings kept her alive. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006The mayor of Casterbridge: the life and death of a man of character (Penguin classics)
Par Thomas Hardy. 2003
Michael Henchard, an English farm worker, gets drunk at a country fair and sells his wife and child to a…
sailor for five guineas. His wife and daughter reappear eighteen years later, after Henchard has become the wealthy and respected mayor of Casterbridge. 1886Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel
Par Lauren Weisberger. 2008
New Yorkers Leigh, Emmy, and Adriana, friends since college, seek changes in their lives as they near thirty. Newly dumped…
Emmy wants to date lots of men, gorgeous Brazilian Adriana decides to pick a man to marry, and editor Leigh meets a brilliant author. Strong language. Bestseller. 2008The chaos king
Par Laura Ruby. 2007
In this sequel to The Wall and the Wing (BR 16650), newfound fame and fortune have estranged friends Bug and…
Gurl--now called Georgie. But Georgie and Bug join forces again when a punk, vampires, and a giant sloth attack them in a future New York City. For grades 5-8. 2007Endless things: a part of Ægypt
Par John Crowley. 2007
Pierce Moffett goes to Europe to search for the mythical realm of Ægypt. Guided by the writings of late novelist…
Fellowes Kraft, Pierce finds traces of the mysteries of Ægypt interwoven into the histories of philosopher-martyr Giordano Bruno and others. Sequel to Daemonomania (RC 51952, BR 13512). 2007Afterlands: a novel
Par Steven Heighton. 2005
When members of the Polaris expedition become stranded on an ice floe off the coast of Greenland in 1872, Lieutenant…
Tyson takes charge. Initially well supplied, the crew waits for the ship's return and then, for any ship. Morale suffers and discipline erodes as chances for survival dwindle. 2005Girl in landscape: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries Ser.)
Par Jonathan Lethem. 1998
When a global disaster blights the Earth's environment, fourteen-year-old Pella Marsh and her family escape to another planet where her…
father, a failed politician, hopes to restart his career. Pella assimilates into the alien society and discovers a terrible threat that could doom the Earthling colony. 1998The uncommon reader: A Novella
Par Alan Bennett. 2007
England. When the royal dogs stray into a mobile library parked near the palace, the Queen feels obligated to borrow…
a book. She soon develops an obsession with reading that changes her worldviews, distracts her from official duties, and prompts her to write her own masterpiece--with surprising consequences. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2007In her absence: A Novel
Par Antonio Muñoz Molina. 2006
Spain. Mario López, a dutiful civil servant and husband, arrives home from work to find his beautiful artsy wife Blanca…
and her suitcase missing. When Blanca--or someone identical to her--returns, Mario's obsessive love is replaced by suspicion of this possible imposter. Translated from Spanish by Esther Allen. 1999Last night at the Lobster
Par Stewart O'Nan. 2007
The New Britain Red Lobster restaurant will close for good on December 20. Manager Manny DeLeon wants to make that…
day special for his staff, including the waitress he used to date and the disgruntled employees who will not be transferred to the Olive Garden with Manny. Strong language. 2007The kommandant's girl (The Kommandant's Girl #1)
Par Pam Jenoff. 2007
World War II, Poland. Newlyweds Jacob and Emma become separated during the Nazi invasion. Jacob joins the Jewish underground, and…
Emma moves in with a Catholic aunt. Posing as a gentile, Emma works for a Nazi Kommandant, risking her marriage--and her life--to help Jacob's cause. Some descriptions of sex. 2007Change of heart: a novel
Par Jodi Picoult. 2008
Death row inmate Shay Bourne offers to donate his heart to the sister of the child he murdered. Bourne's ability…
to heal his fellow inmates leads priest Father Michael and attorney Maggie Bloom to question his verdict, while the child's mother, June Nealon, is stunned. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2008People of the book: a novel
Par Geraldine Brooks. 2008
Australian book conservator Hanna Heath analyzes a Hebrew manuscript created in medieval Spain and saved from destruction in 1990s Sarajevo.…
Hanna's discoveries--an insect wing, salt crystals, and wine and blood stains--reveal the codex's past and the lives of its guardians. Some descriptions of sex and some violence. Bestseller. 2008Far from the madding crowd (Penguin classics)
Par Thomas Hardy. 2000
Bathsheba Everdene becomes a woman of means when she inherits her uncle's farm. Her presence attracts three very different suitors:…
womanizing soldier Francis Troy, shepherd Gabriel Oak, and gentleman-farmer William Boldwood. The attention complicates Bathsheba's life and brings a tragedy that threatens the entire community. First published in 1874. 2000Art Mumby, his younger sister, and their mother accept a free holiday at the Starcross Hotel in the Asteroid Belt,…
but the luxury resort is not as it seems. Soon the Mumbys are dealing with French spies, Yankee rebels, and man-eating starfish. Sequel to Larklight...(BR 17285). For grades 6-9. 2007